Tests & Scores

The USF school codes are 4850 for GRE (Graduate Record Exam) and 91M-3X-08 for GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). The GRE-at-home test is accepted in addition to the GRE test center exam. The GMAT online exam is accepted in addition to the GMAT test center exam.

If your program does not require the GRE, you may still submit the score report if you choose to do so.

English Language Exam – Minimums

International applicants must request that their testing agency send an official test score to USF. The TOEFL school code for USF is 4850. IELTS and PTE do not require a school code.

PROGRAM	GRE/GMAT	TOEFL	IELTS	DUOLINGO	PTE
Applied Economics	No	79	6.5	115	53
Asia Pacific Studies	No	90	6.5	115	61
Biology	No	100	7.0	115	65
Biotechnology	GRE/MCAT Optional	90	6.5	115	61
Chemistry	GRE Optional	90	6.5	115	61
Computer Science	GRE Optional	79	6.5	115	53
Computer Science Bridge	GRE Optional	79	6.5	115	53
Data Science	No	90	6.5	115	61
Energy Systems Management	No	90	6.5	115	61
Environmental Management	No	90	6.5	115	61
International and Development Economics	No	79	6.5	115	53
International Studies	No	90	6.5	115	61
Migration Studies	No	90	6.5	115	61
Museum Studies	No	90	6.5	115	61
Professional Communications	No	90	6.5	115	61
Public Leadership	No	100	7.0	115	65
Sport Management	No	79	6.5	115	53
Urban and Public Affairs	No	100	7.0	115	65
Writing	No	100	7.0	115	65

TOEFL iBT section scores for Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing must be 17 or higher, unless an individual graduate program grants an exception.

English Language Exam Exceptions

There are two possibilities for an English Language exam exception: either an Exemption or a Program Waiver.

Exemption

American Samoa
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Dominica
Gambia
Ghana
Grand Cayman
Grenada
Guyana
Ireland
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands, Republic of the
Micronesia, Federated States of
Monserrat
Namibia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Palau, Republic of
Philippines
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Trinidad/Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Each graduate program determines exceptions for a program waiver of the English Language Exam requirement. Please contact your individual program for details.